Glad the First was Better than This

I went to Aunt Wendy's today to do some work and when I walked in her house, this is what she looked like:

Aunt Wendy protecting herself from SARS

I laughed when I saw her and told her that I needed to take a picture. She was sanding the walls so we could spackle it with dry-wall stuff. When I asked how we were going to sand/spackle her entry way that has a 25 foot ceiling, she said she brought scaffolding from work. We couldn't figure out how to put it together but luckily, Jason (Wendy's son), came over and built it for us. Although I'm mildly afraid of heights, I didn't want Wendy on top of the scaffolding and told her I would do the necessary work. Here's a picture of me (mildly scared) 25 feet above the ground:

See the chandelier on the bottom right of the picture?

I left at about 8pm, seven hours after arriving. Wendy commented that since she bought me lunch for $4.00, my time was worth about $0.75 an hour. We both laughed at that.

Brian finally got his Nintendo money (he won a contest at work worth $4000) and we decided to go on a date. We planned on going to dinner and a movie. While I was at Wendy's, Josh Moon called and invited us over to he and Jed's place for dinner. I wanted to go because I like hanging out with them, but I wanted to run it my Brian first. I called Brian and he said he'd rather just go out by ourselves. I understood and agreed with him.

Later, Brian text messaged me and said that we should invite them to the movie, but I decided that our date should just be us. I went home and was ready to go out at 9:15pm which was a little late. I admittedly took a long time showering and dressing because I was having a good time. I was listening to the Standards station (the classic artists of our time: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mathis, etc.) on Sirius Satellite radio, dancing to the music and pretending I was in a tuxedo at a classy party. I wish Brian liked or moderately enjoyed this type of music.

Brian thought we could eat at the Gateway an hour before a 10:15pm movie. Unfortunately for us, Saturday nights at the Gateway are really busy and reservations should be made in advance. All the places we tried had a twenty-minute wait, so we decided to skip the movie and just eat. We decided to go to Applebees and waited for about ten-minutes before being seated.

(On a side-note: I never want to go out to eat on a weekend without making reservations. When we went to P.F. Changs a couple weeks ago, it was really nice that we didn't have to wait in line. When I was waiting to be seating at Applebees, I felt like I was part of the "lower class" and vowed that if I know I'm going out, I will never wait to be seated. Unless plans are last minute, I won't wait in a line.)

At dinner, we discussed how Brian's work ethic is much different than mine. Brian believes that you must basically sit at a desk for a certain amount of time in order to accomplish your task. I believe that as long as the task gets done, it doesn't matter "how" you work on it. Brian got a little heated during the discussion and that annoyed me. I wish he wouldn't get so upset during discussions. We then went home to shop online for computer parts.

I told Brian that if this had been our first date, I know there wouldn't be a second one. It didn't feel like a date--it felt like every other night we're together and decide to go out to eat. Brian really didn't want to go on a date--he just didn't want to cook dinner and had the money to go out to eat. I wish Brian and I went on more dates, but it's mostly my fault we don't. I'm not in a financial position to spend money on him, but going out doesn't necessarily mean spending money. I guess I don't make Brian feel special enough to make him want to make me feel special. I want Brian to ask me on a date, but that won't happen until I start asking him on dates.